The Book of Hajj-09b
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The reciter: And Ahmad ibn 'Abd al-Dhabbi narrated to us, saying: Yazid—meaning ibn Zura'—narrated to us, saying: Habib al-Mu'allim narrated to us, from 'Ata, from Ibn 'Abbas, .
The Shaykh : This contains evidence that the one doing the watering is the boy, whereas the first wording indicates that it was she who was doing the watering. So it can be said that the two are reconciled by the fact that she attributed the watering to herself because the boy was only acting on her orders, just as one says, "The prince built the palace," meaning he ordered it to be built. Or, it can be said that she did it once and the boy did it once, and this is possible.
That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to a woman of the Ansar, who was called Umm Sinan: "What prevented you from performing Hajj with us?" She said: "I had two camels belonging to so-and-so, my husband. He and his son performed Hajj on one of them, and our boy was watering the other." He said: "Then perform 'Umrah in Ramadan, and it will suffice for a Hajj, or perform a Hajj with me."
أنّ النّبيّ صلّى الله عليه وسلّم، قال لامرأةٍ من الأنصار يقال لها أمّ سنانٍ ما منعك أن تكوني حججت معنا ؟ قالت : ناضحان كانا لأبي فلانٍ -زوجها- حجّ هو وابنه على أحدهما، وكان الآخر يسقي عليه غلامنا، قال : فعمرةٌ في رمضان تقضي حجّةً أو حجّةً معيThe Shaykh : This contains evidence that the one doing the watering is the boy, whereas the first wording indicates that it was she who was doing the watering. So it can be said that the two are reconciled by the fact that she attributed the watering to herself because the boy was only acting on her orders, just as one says, "The prince built the palace," meaning he ordered it to be built. Or, it can be said that she did it once and the boy did it once, and this is possible.